Lee Weaver
This poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. )Find sources: "Lee Weaver" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2010) |
Lee Weaver | |
---|---|
Born | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | April 10, 1930
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1955–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Lee Weaver (born April 10, 1930) is an American film and television actor.
Early life
Weaver was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the son of Josephine and Primus Jest Weaver, a chef.[citation needed]
Weaver was the voice of Alpine in the
He also played the role of Ed Downer, a handyman who became an interest of Philip Banks' mom, on an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Perhaps his most memorable role was the exuberant exhibitionist "Buck Naked," who enlivened episodes of Steven Bochco's police dramas, Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue.[citation needed]
Personal life
Since July 10, 1971, Weaver has been married to actress
Weaver was a childhood friend of Cannonball Adderley, and served as the best man at his wedding.[1] On his 1963 album Nippon Soul, Adderley introduces the Yusef Lateef composition "The Weaver" as "dedicated to a...dear friend of everyone in the band, kind of a jive cat, but a beautiful cat. His name is Weaver, Lee Weaver. So the tune sounds somethin' like Lee Weaver. It's soulful, it's mean."[2]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1959 | Al Capone | Reporter | Uncredited |
1969 | The Lost Man | Willis | |
1971 | Vanishing Point | Jake | |
1973 | Cleopatra Jones | Friend | |
1978 | House Calls | Anesthesiologist | |
1978 | Mean Dog Blues | Cheatem | |
1978 | Heaven Can Wait | Way Station Attendant | |
1979 | The Onion Field | Billy | |
1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye | Mr. King | |
1984 | The Buddy System | Ray | |
1986 | Wildcats | Maurice | |
1987 | G.I. Joe: The Movie | Alpine | |
1990 | The Two Jakes | Caddy #1 | |
1991 | Grave Images | Bus Driver | |
1994 | The Scout | Ben | |
1996 | Just Your Luck | Wino | |
1997 | Fathers' Day | Airline Passenger | |
1998 | Music from Another Room | Porter | |
1998 | Goodbye Lover | Old Codger | |
1998 | Godzilla | Homeless Guy | |
1998 | Bulworth | Man in Church #2 | |
1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Nate | |
1998 | Brown's Requiem | Wino | |
1999 | The Thirteenth Floor | 30's Limo Driver | |
2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Blind Seer | |
2001 | Donnie Darko | Leroy | |
2001 | L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve | Homeless Man Who Gets Shot | |
2003 | The Box | Joe | |
2003 | The Failures | Mr. Fishbau | |
2005 | A Bridal Fever | Ralph | |
2005 | The 40-Year-Old Virgin | Joe | |
2006 | Swedish Auto | Leroy | |
2009 | Little Fish, Strange Pond | Barney | |
2010 | The Company We Keep | Isaiah | |
2013 | Max Rose | Lee Miller | |
2013 | The Trials of Cate McCall | Mr. George |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1955–1956 | Sheena: Queen of the Jungle | Lagi / Mauki / N'Gatsu | 6 episodes |
1967 | Good Morning World | Cab nDriver | Episode: "Don't Call Us and We Won't Call You" |
1967, 1968 | I Spy | Senator's Valet / Bartender | 2 episodes |
1968 | The Wild Wild West | Desk Clerk #2 | Episode: "The Night of the Sedgewick Curse" |
1969 | Mannix | Dave | Episode: "Death in a Minor Key" |
1969 | Julia | Ned Bowman | Episode: "Home of the Braves" |
1969 | Insight | Stone | Episode: "Charlie, You Made the Night Too Long" |
1969 | Love, American Style | Ace | Episode: "Love and the Hustler" |
1969 | In Name Only | Bartender | Television film |
1969–1971 | The Bill Cosby Show | Brian Kincaid | 7 episodes |
1971 | Nanny and the Professor | 2nd Truck Driver | Episode: "The Prodigy" |
1971 | Cade's County | Kenneth Ringwald | Episode: "Delegate at Large" |
1975 | Adam-12 | Neighbor | Episode: "Pressure Point" |
1975 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Ralph Prentiss | Television film |
1975 | That's My Mama | Sammy Chambers | Episode: "Earl's Dad and Mama's Glad" |
1975 | Kojak | Ozzie Turnbull | Episode: "Out of the Frying Pan..." |
1976 | Sanford and Son | Mr. Quincy | Episode: "Greatest Show in Watts" |
1976 | Good Times | 2nd Man | Episode: "The Big Move: Part 2" |
1976 | The Blue Knight | Mose / Frank Moseley | 4 episodes |
1976 | Serpico | Scooter | Episode: "Danger Zone" |
1977 | The Jeffersons | Willie | Episode: " George's Guilt "
|
1977 | Quincy, M.E. | Chambers | Episode: "The Hot Dog Murder" |
1978 | Soap | Sergeant | Episode #1.17 |
1978 | Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This | Bob | Television film |
1979 | Starsky & Hutch | Boseman | Episode: "Huggy Can't Go Home" |
1981 | Flamingo Road | — | 5 episodes |
1981 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Loosley | Episode: "Roadhouse" |
1981 | Mork & Mindy | Gus | Episode: "My Dad Can't Beat Up Anybody" |
1981 | Shannon | — | Episode: "Neither a Borrower" |
1982–1984 | Hill Street Blues | Buck Naked / Bartender | 6 episodes |
1983 | Voyagers! | Dave | Episode: "All Fall Down" |
1983 | AfterMASH | Jones | Episode: "Klinger vs. Klinger" |
1985 | Diff'rent Strokes | Joe | Episode: "Blue Collar Drummond" |
1985 | Our Family Honor | — | Episode: "Pilot" |
1985 | What's Happening Now!! | Ticket Clerk | Episode: "Aunt Shirley" |
1985–1986 | G.I. Joe | Alpine / Agent / Crimson Guard | 22 episodes |
1986 | G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! | Alpine | Television film |
1986, 1987 | 227 | Frank | 2 episodes |
1986–1987 | Easy Street | Ricardo Williams | 22 episodes |
1987 | Mr. President | Mort | Episode: "Dear Sam: Part 1" |
1987 | Webster | Henry | 3 episodes |
1987 | A Hobo's Christmas | Biloxi Slim | Television film |
1987, 1991 | The Cosby Show | Mr. Fields / Waiter | 2 episodes |
1988 | Amen | Man Who Stole the Money | Episode: "To Catch a Thief" |
1988 | The Magical World of Disney
|
Frank Munroe | Episode: "Meet the Munceys" |
1989 | The Edge | — | Episode: "Black Pudding" |
1990 | Dear John | Snookie Reams | Episode: "John's New Job: Part 1" |
1990 | A Different World | Ray Nay | Episode: "Love Thy Neighbor" |
1991 | Dragnet | Augustus Murphy | Episode: "The Vandals" |
1991 | The Man in the Family | Mr. Mitchell | Episode: "Real News" |
1991 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Ed Downer | Episode: "Granny Gets Busy" |
1991 | Homefront | Reverend Harrington | Episode: "Patriots" |
1991 | MacGyver | Stumpy | Episode: "Gunz 'n Boyz" |
1991 | Reasonable Doubts | Stubblefield | 2 episodes |
1992 | Nurses | Reverend Curtis | Episode: "Eat Something" |
1992 | Night Court | Mr. Burke | Episode: "Opportunity Knock Knocks: Part 2" |
1992, 1995 | Martin | Old Man / Bus Boy | 2 episodes |
1993 | Step by Step | Leonard | Episode: "If I Were a Rich Man" |
1993 | The New Adventures of Superman | Supervisor | Episode: "Pilot" |
1993 | Lush Life | Harry | Television film |
1993 | Living Single | The Bartender | Episode: "Living Kringle" |
1994 | Roc | Ollie | Episode: "No Place Like Home" |
1994 | NYPD Blue | Buck Naked | 3 episodes |
1994 | Sister, Sister | Priest | Episode: "Free Billy" |
1995 | A Season of Hope | Elmer | Television film |
1995 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Stan | Episode: "Fortunate Son" |
1996 | Sliders | Hilton Brown | Episode: "Invasion" |
1996 | Sparks | Mr. Bibbs | 2 episodes |
1996 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Slewfoot Lou | Episode: "Seems Like Old Times" |
1997 | Temporarily Yours | Passenger #3 | Episode: "Pilot" |
1997 | Chicago Hope | Earlee | Episode: "On Golden Pons" |
1998 | Good News | Beans | 2 episodes |
1999 | Suddenly Susan | Clyde | Episode: "A Day in the Life" |
1999 | For Your Love | Church Member | Episode: "The Trouble with Angels" |
2000 | City of Angels | — | Episode: "Prototype" |
2000 | Diagnosis: Murder | Isaiah | Episode: "A Resting Place" |
2000 | The District | Mr. Horton | Episode: "The Jackal" |
2000 | One World | Harold | Episode: "Roots" |
2001 | Kate Brasher | Harry Rosemont | Episode: "Tracy" |
2001 | Touched by an Angel | Candy McCloud | Episode: "The Perfect Game" |
2001 | Men, Women & Dogs | Buster | Episode: "The Magic Three-Legged Sex Dog" |
2002 | Any Day Now | Louis Nolman | Episode: "Call Him Macaroni" |
2002 | My Wife and Kids | Attendant | Episode: "Table for Too Many: Part 2" |
2002 | Providence | Willie Picks | Episode: "The Sound of Music" |
2003 | Crossing Jordan | Photo Shop Owner | Episode: "Ockham's Razor" |
2003 | The Parkers | Tebo | Episode: "Dead Clown Walking" |
2003 | A.U.S.A. | Alfred Montgomery | Episode: "Pilot" |
2004 | The Bernie Mac Show | Schooney | Episode: "Hair Jordan" |
2004 | Six Feet Under | James Dubois Marshall | Episode: "Coming and Going" |
2005 | Line of Fire | Albert Jones | Episode: "This Land Is Your Land" |
2006 | That's So Raven | Mr. Jenkins | Episode: "The Four Aces" |
2006 | Love, Inc. | Burt | Episode: "Cursed" |
2006 | Veronica Mars | Walter | Episode: "Charlie Don't Surf" |
2007 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Junkyard Owner | Episode: "Bums: Making a Mess All Over the City" |
2008 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Kerwinkle Lord | Episode: "For Gedda" |
2008 | My Name Is Earl | Homeless Guy / Homeless Joe | 2 episodes |
2010 | Party Down | William | Episode: "James Ellison Funeral" |
2010 | Community | Joe | Episode: "Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples" |
2011 | Workaholics | Tim | Episode: "Model Kombat" |
2013 | Family Tools | Ellis Poynton | 4 episodes |
2015 | Weird Loners | Mortician | Episode: "Weird Pilot" |
2016 | The Soul Man | Pat | Episode: "Boyce Don't Cry" |
2017, 2020 | Grace and Frankie | Mel Cordray | 2 episodes |
References
- ISBN 978-1458419798.
- ISBN 978-0313302404.
External links
- Lee Weaver at IMDb